BluRip - BLURAY -> MKV (CONVERTER/REMUXER)

[pirotrav]

This may be a pain in the rear to do, so don't worry too much. However, i thought it might be nice if i could maximize blu-rip, so I can see all of the tracks easier. Just a thought though. Certainly not a pressing issue.

-Travis

[_hawk_]

This may be a pain in the rear to do, so don't worry too much. However, i thought it might be nice if i could maximize blu-rip, so I can see all of the tracks easier. Just a thought though. Certainly not a pressing issue.

-Travis

When I have moved all code to external dlls I'll make a GUI redesign ;)
Wanted to play around with wpf a bit..

[_hawk_]

Yeah, that's exactly what I meant; some of the parameters are very likely incorrect.

Well if you know how to do it - let me know.
Perhaps pcm -> flac is an option?

[M3n747]

A little follow-up to my previous post. I encoded the same file using the 2-pass profile and the AssumeFPS(29.970) AviSynth command and it worked just right, the video and the audio are now perfectly in sync. However, I noticed that the file was 158 MB in size - apparently, like with the subtitles, the bitrate is calculated before any AviSynth profiles are applied, am I right? It's not a big issue when dealing with rather small files like this one, but when it comes to full-length films this could mean a rather significant difference in size, which could be otherwise used to achieve better quality. Just something for you to think about in your spare time. :)

[_hawk_]

Yeah, that's exactly what I meant; some of the parameters are very likely incorrect.

I gues I found the right one..
PCM tracks are stored as WAV and '-blu-ray' option is used.
I uploaded a new test version...

[cge]

Hi,
I would like some help (I'm not very familar with all the x264 arguments !!!) to add a 2 pass profile in order to be able to define the output target size.
Maybe you can add a default 2 pass profile for non expert user like me ?
Thanks in advance
Christophe

[_hawk_]

There already is a 2-pass profile with specified target size. Delete all profiles and restart BluRip. Then the default profiles are loaded. The last 2 use a target size.
The bitrate calculator only works in latest test version.

[cge]

Thanks Hawk, you're right (of course!)
I was still running with the 4 old crf profiles !

By the way, my computer is setup to sleep when idle, unfortunately Blurip doesn't present a computer to go in standby while running, can you implement something to prevent it and add a checkbox "Exit appli when finished" ?

Christophe

[HellasVagabond]

Guys i am having 2 issues.....
First i cant encode any Subs with a movie....Isn't that supported ? Do they have to be saved alone and not inside the MKV ?
Second whats a good X264 profile for good quality ? I chose "Slow/film/lvl 4.1/2-pass 10000MB/ref 5/no-fast-pskip/b-adapt 1" , is there something better than that ?

[_hawk_]

For good quality take crf profiles. Crf 18 is almost like original but you wont know the size before. Lower crf = better quality but in most cases even crf 19 or 20 is a good choise.
Subs can be muxed to mkv. Take a look at general options/Mux subtitles.

[_hawk_]

Thanks Hawk, you're right (of course!)
I was still running with the 4 old crf profiles !

By the way, my computer is setup to sleep when idle, unfortunately Blurip doesn't present a computer to go in standby while running, can you implement something to prevent it and add a checkbox "Exit appli when finished" ?

Christophe

I'm not sure how but I'll take a look. There already is an option to shutdown after queue is finished.

[cge]

I'm not sure how but I'll take a look. There already is an option to shutdown after queue is finished.

Hi,
The current option "Shutdown after queue is finished" is not the same as requested, if you find a way to prevent a computer to sleep while blurip is running then we need an option to close down blurip (not shutdown the PC) when all jobs are handled.
Regards
Christophe

[HellasVagabond]

For good quality take crf profiles. Crf 18 is almost like original but you wont know the size before. Lower crf = better quality but in most cases even crf 19 or 20 is a good choise.
Subs can be muxed to mkv. Take a look at general options/Mux subtitles.

So if i choose Untouched Video this setting still plays a part ?

I did try to Mux subs but nada.....

Also what is the best setting as the encode input method ? I use DirectShow here but it also has FFVideoSource and DGSource.

[xclmr]

Hey Hawk,

For some reason I have never been able to get the queue to work. I have seen other posts saying they get an error when they don't have the right settings checked but that's not the case for me. I don't get any errors, it just never encodes anything after the first file in the queue.

I always have "delete files after mux" checked and always give each project a unique file name. The first project in the queue finishes fine. Then the second project begins, gets to the point where "indexing" should happen, but instead of "indexing" it skips to saying that the project is done and moves on to the next one. The only thing that actually gets completed is the demuxing. It will do this for every project in the queue after the first one.

I have no idea why it's doing this and I have a friend who is experiencing the same issue.

Any thoughts on how to fix this problem?

[xclmr]

Oh, I almost forgot...
Another problem I'm having is with the forced subtitles.

I had the option to mux all subtitles enabled rather than muxing only the forced ones. When I play the video in VLC, MPC, or WMP the forced subtitles alone can never be enabled. I usually end up with one or two subtitle tracks for everything that is spoken in the movie, English or not. I have messed with the options in the media players, tried removing one subtitle track or the other and nothing seems to allow me to play only forced subtitles.

I started using 0.4.8 the other day and I switched the option to mux only the forced subtitles. This made them show up, but obviously there's no regular subtitles to enable if I wanted.

My main concern is that some movies I have already encoded such as "Angels & Demons" have a lot of forced subtitles that I cannot get to show up. Therefore the only way I can really watch the movie is to keep subtitles on for everything all the time, which is kind of annoying.

Do you know of any way that I can enable forced subs only in these files I've already encoded? I would hate to have to go back through and do them all over just to get the forced subs.

[_hawk_]

Hey Hawk,

For some reason I have never been able to get the queue to work. I have seen other posts saying they get an error when they don't have the right settings checked but that's not the case for me. I don't get any errors, it just never encodes anything after the first file in the queue.

I always have "delete files after mux" checked and always give each project a unique file name. The first project in the queue finishes fine. Then the second project begins, gets to the point where "indexing" should happen, but instead of "indexing" it skips to saying that the project is done and moves on to the next one. The only thing that actually gets completed is the demuxing. It will do this for every project in the queue after the first one.

I have no idea why it's doing this and I have a friend who is experiencing the same issue.

Any thoughts on how to fix this problem?

I'll check why queue wont work..

For subs try latest test version. I tested with avatar (has normal & forced subs in one track) and now BluRip generates 2 tracks - one for the forced only and one with all subs.

[_hawk_]

So if i choose Untouched Video this setting still plays a part ?

I did try to Mux subs but nada.....

Also what is the best setting as the encode input method ? I use DirectShow here but it also has FFVideoSource and DGSource.

If you use untouched video encoding settings don't matter..
I prefer the inpt methods in this order:

DGDecNV > FFMepgSrc > DirectShow

[HellasVagabond]

If you use untouched video encoding settings don't matter..
I prefer the inpt methods in this order:

DGDecNV > FFMepgSrc > DirectShow

Nice, yet you need to pay to obtain DGDecNV, correct ?

Also how can i encode subs that actually work with the movie ? I tried 3 times, all programs indicate there are subs but none can display them.

[xclmr]

Yeah you're right about the subtitles. 0.4.8 generates the extra forced only track that plays just fine. Is there any way to fix the ones I've already done though?

[_hawk_]

Nice, yet you need to pay to obtain DGDecNV, correct ?

Also how can i encode subs that actually work with the movie ? I tried 3 times, all programs indicate there are subs but none can display them.

Yes, DGDecNv is not for free. It will only work with newer NVIDIA cards. But I think it is worth it.

Don't know why subs do not work for you. Check if you have latest Haali splitter and mkvtoolnix. What subtitle settings (in BluRip) did you use?

[_hawk_]

Yeah you're right about the subtitles. 0.4.8 generates the extra forced only track that plays just fine. Is there any way to fix the ones I've already done though?

You can create the sub tracks with latest BluRip and remux the mkv. (Use mkvmerge to extract video/audio and then remux)

[HellasVagabond]

I tried all of the settings, nada....

As for DGDecNv, the money is not the issue but whether it is worth it or not....

Any chance you can elaborate on your support for DGDecNv ?

[_hawk_]

With Win 7 you have problems to ope VC-1 with DirectShow
FFMpegSrc sometimes produces artefacts with h264
DGDecNv works with all for me..

Again: what subs options did you use?
Whats MediaInfo of the resulting file?

[HellasVagabond]

I just chose the subtitle track i am interested and in the next screen the first time i checked mux all subtitles and when that didn't work i chose mux forced subtitles, nothing.

[_hawk_]

Did you use the latest test version?
What does MediaInfo say?

[_hawk_]

v0.4.9

- Improved subtitle handling
- Improved index generation handling
- Fixed bitrate calculation
- Option to mux lowres subtitles (for popcorn players)
- Fixed PCM track handling
- Updated MediaInfo.dll

[HellasVagabond]

Yeap used the latest version.

However i deleted the file and so i need to do it all over again to check wth MediaInfo.

[cge]

Hi Hawk,
It seems that the "Shutdown after queue has finished" option has no effect.
Blurip V0.4.9, Seven x64

Christophe

[_hawk_]

Shutdown only works when using the queue (even with only one project in queue).
I'll try to change this in next version..

[Sp3kt3r]

Hi,

Thx for this really good GUI ! I love it..

I converted so far 4 Blueray with different settings and no problem so far..I only have 2 request that would simplify my encoding and maybe it is already possible and I just don't know how.


I would like to be able to see the bitrate before starting the encode. Ex: a calculator that would display if I choose two audio track or one audio track.. what would be the difference in the bitrate.. such as a calculator but a visual one.



The Resize to 720P works really well but I would like to have the option to decide what kind of resize. I noticed that you use LanczosResize but it would be great to have a drop down menu or checkbox for Spline(16,36,64)Resize or Lanczos4Resize.. Right now my work around.. is when I do the Crop part.. I edit the _encode.avs and I change the LanczosResize for Simple36Resize but the bad thing about that is that I can't use the Start button to do everything in one click.


That would be my only two request that would make this gui Perfect for me.. but for now everything is already close to perfection :)

Thx ! again _hawk_ and I really appreciate the fact that you listen to comment and request by the community.

[_hawk_]

Thank you ;-)

I think it will be no problem to add a resize method selection..
The bitrate thing will be a little bit more complicated. You choose the streams in the first step. I'll have to add a edit functions for the demuxed streams list.

At the moment I'll make a complete GUI redesign.

Here's a first preview:

[Sp3kt3r]

Thank you ;-)

I think it will be no problem to add a resize method selection..
The bitrate thing will be a little bit more complicated. You choose the streams in the first step. I'll have to add a edit functions for the demuxed streams list.

At the moment I'll make a complete GUI redesign.

Here's a first preview:

Thx for the resize feature.. for the bitrate calculator it's not too too bad for now I can use external bitrate calculator or my own head to calculate. But it was just an idea.. that it shows like when you do any modification the final bitrate..

What you can do for now would be that where you choose your profile settings that there a field with the final bitrate just to display the birate.. and later in your new gui you could do something more complex.

What you also said about the streamlist is exactly my third request... I love the streamlist feature.. it is easy to change if something is wrong I can easly modified the .XML and add somethign my self.. but I was thinking for people who are not too much familiar with that it would be nice to have something to delete a track from the streamlist or add a track without having to Demux everything again from the blueray

Well keep up the good work ! :thanks:

[cge]

Hi,
Since mkvmerge is able to mux native PGS subtitles now (http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/win32/pre/mkvtoolnix-unicode-4.0.0-build20100618-272-setup.exe), are you going to implement a support for it ?
Christophe

[_hawk_]

Hi,
Since mkvmerge is able to mux native PGS subtitles now (http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/win32/pre/mkvtoolnix-unicode-4.0.0-build20100618-272-setup.exe), are you going to implement a support for it ?
Christophe

Great news.
I'll add support for this. Will take some days cause I'm working on the new gui.

[M3n747]

Regarding the new GUI, will it be possible to dock the Log/Streams/Queue windows to the main program window? I can't say I'm much of a fan of separate windows, but that's just me. :)

On to a more pressing issue. I've been doing some compressing lately using the 2pass option and it works as a charm - as long as I use the original untouched audio. However, I prefer to pre-compress my audio with NeroAAC, as it sounds the same to me and takes considerably less space, thus allowing for a bigger video bitrate.

My method was this: I would take the intended output file size (eg. 4482 MB, the size of a DVD+R minus 1 MB to be on the safe side) and add to it the difference in sizes between the original AC3 track and the AAC file. That would produce a bigger file, which I would then remux with MKVmerge, replacing the AC3 track with my AAC file and the resulting file should be just the size I wanted (in this case, 4482 MB). However for some reason, the files I ended up with were about 90 to 110 MB too small and I honestly have no idea why.

Needless to say, it would be much easier if there was an option to use a user-specified audio track instead of a demuxed track as a basis for calculating the bitrate. Or perhaps the bitrate calculator in the new version could calculate the video bitrate based on the user's input values?

[_hawk_]

You can just close the new windows (log/demuxed streams etc) as they are not needed to start processing. They will move if the main window moves.
I will add the possibility to edit the stream list later.
Can't eac3to use the nero codec when demuxing? You could use the advanced audio settings to add the correct eac3to parameter.
If you don't want to use the bitrate calculator you can simply specify the bitrate - the 2-pass profiles support both.

[M3n747]

To be honest, I didn't really play around with the advanced settings nor with eac3to. I'll give it a try.

Yes, I know I could specify the bitrate; perhaps I'll give it a try as well. It's just that I feel more comfortable and natural specifying the size. I guess it's a habit I got from using Gordian Knot for so long.

[_hawk_]

I guess it's a habit I got from using Gordian Knot for so long.

Hehe maybe it's time to switch to crf ;)
Harddisk are that cheap that some gigabyte more or less don't matter.

[M3n747]

Hehe maybe it's time to switch to crf ;)
I use crf for things like videoclips and trailers, where size isn't that important. But in the case of a full-length film I need to make sure it fits on a DVD+R. Preferably without leaving too much space unused.

Harddisk are that cheap that some gigabyte more or less don't matter.
Not from where I'm standing, they're not. Besides, I don't trust hard discs as much as I trust DVDs when it comes to long-term storage. :)

[cge]

Hi Hawk,
Just a smal improvement for the next version, can you named the created forced subtitles tracks "Forced" just to identify them easily.
Regards
Christophe

[_hawk_]

Just a smal improvement for the next version, can you named the created forced subtitles tracks "Forced" just to identify them easily

The filenames?

[cge]

Not the filename itself (it already well identified), I'm talking about the name of the subtitles track when muxed with mkvmerge. It should be set to "Forced" rather than a blank field
Another request! Can you also saved PGS sub in the subs folder?
Christophe

[_hawk_]

I uploaded a first preview of the new GUI.
Advanced audio/video settings not implemented yet - rest should work.

New features:
- support for pgs subs (needs new mkvmerge)
- set forced title for forced subtitles
- preferred language list for subtitles
- some bugfixes
- support for multiple languages (only english yet)

[_hawk_]

New WpfTest:

- Fixed Bug not working with Windows XP

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_NvtqqG41QeE/TC3opCCNr2I/AAAAAAAAADo/DoChoDMR568/blu1.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_NvtqqG41QeE/TC3opck2P2I/AAAAAAAAADs/kzbhWVzvEn8/blu2.jpg

[ron spencer]

wow!!! love this proggy!!! can you make it so the user can enter the aspect ratio for saving to mkv? I (for some reason) like doping that with mkvmerge but your program is so much nicer!!!

[cge]

Hi,
It seems that sometime only the first subs tracks get a correct language, in the command line below, the 2 last subs track don't have a parameter --language TID:language then there shown as "und"

[06/07/2010 00:40:43] Command: C:\Program Files (x86)\MKVtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe --title "Nikita" -o "D:\Temp\Nikita.mkv" "D:\Temp\blurip\Temp\blurip_video.mkv" --language 0:fr --default-track 0 "D:\Temp\blurip\Temp\blurip_004_audio_thd_French.thd" --language 0:en "D:\Temp\blurip\Temp\blurip_003_audio_thd_English.thd" --language 0:fr "D:\Temp\blurip\Temp\blurip_007_subtitle_French_complete.sup" "D:\Temp\blurip\Temp\blurip_005_subtitle_English_complete.sup" "D:\Temp\blurip\Temp\blurip_006_subtitle_English_complete.sup"

Regards
Christophe

[_hawk_]

wow!!! love this proggy!!! can you make it so the user can enter the aspect ratio for saving to mkv? I (for some reason) like doping that with mkvmerge but your program is so much nicer!!!

Thanks :)
I'll add an option for aspect ratio under advanced video options.

[_hawk_]

Hi,
It seems that sometime only the first subs tracks get a correct language, in the command line below, the 2 last subs track don't have a parameter --language TID:language then there shown as "und"

I'll check this.
Did you use the autoselect feature? I think the language detection wont work for manual selected tracks..

[cge]

Hi Hawk,
No there were automatically selected, and well identified since the filenames have the correct language name
Christophe

[ron spencer]

with respect to forced subtitles, do you ensure that the forced flag is set for that subtitle stream when muxing? If not, then perhaps a tick box in the subtitle section to have it forced (some players may respect the forced flag...my wdtv live seems to)